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A Fort Payne woman charged with capital murder for allegedly kidnapping a Hartselle woman and pushing her off a cliff in 2021 submitted character reference letters, along with one she personally wrote, to a Dekalb County judge Tuesday.

Jessie Eden Kelly, 22, is accused of killing Mary Elizabeth Isbell, a Hartselle woman who disappeared in 2021. Kelly remained in Cherokee County Jail with no bond on Thursday.

Loretta Kay Carr, 45 — Kel-

ly’s mother — is also charged with capital murder in Isbell’s death. She remained in Dekalb County Jail with no bond on Thursday. According to the Dekalb County Sheriff ’s Office, the pair are deliberately being held in separate locations ahead of trial.

“I ask that the court to please take these letters in consideration on my behalf of who I am, rather than just what I’m being portrayed in black and white,” Kelly wrote in a letter to a judge dated Feb. 7.

At the time of her mother’s arrest in June, Kelly was in custody in Pennsylvania awaiting extradition to Mis-

Septuple homicide defendant prepares to fight death penalty if convicted

By David Gambino For the Enquirer

A capital murder defendant accused of shooting and killing seven people at a Valhermoso Springs drug house in June 2020 asked Morgan County Circuit Court to compel the prosecution to disclose any aggravating factors it intends to use, should it seek the death penalty, as well as any mitigating factors that would be beneficial to the defense, according to motions filed this week.

Frederic Allen Rogers, 26, along with his alleged accomplice, John Michael Legg, 23, both of Hartselle, were captured in Oregon and returned to Morgan County Jail on June 28, 2020. Both remained there Wednesday with no bond, according to jail records.

In capital cases, an aggravating circumstance is a circumstance that indicates the defendant, if convicted, should be sentenced to death, according to the Alabama Supreme Court.

Mitigating circumstances, on the other hand, indicate that the convicted defendant should be sentenced to life without parole rather than death. For example, a defendant lacking the capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct is considered a mitigating factor.

Before a jury can vote to impose the death penalty, the state must prove that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances.

Both Rogers and Legg have pleaded not guilty to six counts each of capital murder by reason of mental illness or defect. Rogers’ jury trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 14, court records show. Legg’s trial has not yet been scheduled.

On Tuesday, Circuit Judge

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Stephen Brown ordered the prosecution to disclose to the defense, within 14 days, whether it intends to seek the death penalty for Rogers.

“We have serious questions and doubts about whether the state of Alabama can prove all of the counts of capital murder in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Rogers’ attorney, J. Brent Burney. While preparing for the trial’s guilt phase, Burney said he also must prepare for the sentencing phase defense.

“Based on our mitigation investigation to date, we feel strongly that the mitigating factors will outweigh the aggravating factors,” he said.

Burney in 2022 filed a motion requesting a mental examination for Rogers. The motion argues that Rogers apparently “does not appreciate the gravity” of the case, and, at the time of the alleged crimes, he “may have been severely delusional.”

The motion was granted by Brown. On Feb. 13, Brown ordered the prosecution to disclose, within 45 days, any circumstances that are “agreed upon” as being mitigating circumstances.

“This Order does not require the State to discover new mitigating circumstances for the defendant, or advo-

souri on a felony theft charge, according to a Dekalb County sheriff ’s spokesperson. She was extradited to Alabama in July.

Eight letters in support of Kelly, all apparently from fellow incarcerated women, were also filed in Dekalb County District Court on Tuesday.

“She is really a bright, well-meaning and intelligent young woman who I feel could be easily taken advantage of due to her sweet nature and trusting spirit,” wrote one woman, who said she shared a cell with Kelly in Cherokee County Jail.

Another Cherokee County

inmate wrote that she was bunkmates with Kelly for four months. She described Kelly as a “kind-hearted child of God.” Several of the letters describe Kelly as “naïve” and “innocent.”

“I don’t think she completely grasps how serious her situation is,” another woman wrote.

A multi-agency search team discovered Isbell’s remains in Little River Canyon National Preserve in late June, around what would have been her [NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PHOTO 39th birthday. Her ex-husband had reported her miss- Little River Canyon, where Jessie Eden Kelly and Loretta Kay Carr allegedly pushed Hartselle resident Mary See WOMAN, page 3 Elizabeth Isbell off a cliff, killing her, in 2021.

By Rebekah Yancey rebekah.yancey@hartselleenquirer.com Hartselle native Mary Davis is commemorating a significant milestone in her life. Feb. 21 marks nearly three decades since she underwent a lifesaving heart transplant surgery at UAB’s Kirkland Clinic. It’s been 28 years of healthy living for Davis who said she thanks God every day for the extra years she has been given.

Davis, now 81, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure when she was 56 years old.

Davis’s journey began in 1996 when she received the life-changing diagnosis.

She spent eight months on the waiting list for a suitable donor heart before undergoing transplant surgery on February 21, 1996, at UAB’s Kirkland Clinic.

The day of surgery, Davis had eaten a couple bites of her lunch, when she was alerted that a suitable heart had been found. Her husband, Jimmy, was working that day.

Davis said it was a rush to get her prepared for surgery.

“They said ‘Don’t take another bite of lunch – we’re going into surgery today,’” she recalled. “As the nurses were wheeling me to the operating room, my husband came walking down the hallway.

“He gave me a kiss and I was off to the OR,” Davis added. “You can’t tell me that wasn’t a God thing.”

In the years since, Davis has had to be treated with high doses of steroids twice to keep her body from rejecting her donor heart. She said that is typical for a transplant of such a vital organ.

Since her successful transplant, Davis has dedicated herself to advocating for organ donation. She has become a vocal champion of the cause, sharing her own story to raise awareness and encourage others to consider becoming organ donors.

Her family members have joined her; becoming organ donors themselves.

According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, 103,223 men, women and children on the national transplant waiting list and 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant.

What’s more, statistics show every donor can save eight lives and enhance 75 more.

While more than 46,000 transplants were performed in 2023; the list continues to grow as every eight minutes another person is added to the transplant waiting list.

“Others don’t realize how many people are on that waiting list,” Davis said in a 2003 interview with the Hartselle Enquirer. It makes me realize how lucky I was to have only waited eight months for a donor. Some people have to wait until it’s too late.”

As Davis prepares to celebrate 28 years of health post-transplant, she remains grateful for the selflessness of her donor and their family, whose decision to donate the gift of life has allowed her to continue living a full and vibrant life.

PHOTO BY JENNIFER SHERWOOD

Mary Davis is celebrating 28 years since undergoing a heart transplant Feb. 21, 1996, that saved her life.

PHOTO BY JENNIFER SHERWOOD

Mary Davis, with her husband, Jimmy Davis.

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• Delton Lee Garrison • Casey Wilhoite Hopper • James Roland Burgess • David Watson • Charlie Wayne Prater • Linda Faye Riickert Dobbs • Don Keith Haynes • Richard ‘Dick’ Johnson

By Catherine Godbey For the Enquirer The annual Child Safety Conference will take place March 5 at West Hartselle Baptist Church, 1640 Main St. W.

Organized by the Mental Health Association in Morgan County, the conference will feature speakers Dr. Charles Elliott, Jane Cross, Nelson Delucca, Lainie Alexander, Macie Randolph and Churmell Mitchell.

Topics covered include marijuana

and teen pregnancy, fitness and mental health, neurobiology of trauma and adoption.

The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. Registration costs $30. To register, visit mhainmc.net/childsafety.

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Hartselle Enquirer • Page A-2 • February 21, 2024 years as a groundskeeper, prior to his retirement. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and will be missed. His parents preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife Mary Gail Smith Hand; son, Michael Heath Hand; daughter, Heather Hand Holzer; four granddaughters, Erica Hand (honorary daughter), Desdy Hand, Brianna Borden and Kristen

Borden; grandson, Brady Hans Holzer; two greatgreat grandchildren, Jordan Ryan and Rosaleigh Ryan.

No services are scheduled at this time.

Candy S. Tyler Hartselle

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Falkville Ricky Lee Hand, 70, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2024. He was born June 6, 1953, in Morgan County,toRayMalcolmHand and Mary Lucielle Powell Hand.

He was employed by 3M Company for 18 years as a chemical operator and also with the Morgan County Commission Office for 10

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Candy Stephenson Tyler, 76 of Hartselle, AL passed away on February 11, 2024 at her home surrounded by family.

Candy was born on February 12, 1947, to Charles Floyd Stephenson and Goldie Moore Stephenson.

Sheissurvivedbyherdaughter Kimberly Tyler McClung (Keith), grandchildren Chelsea McClung Moore (Derrick), Chance McClung, Chase McClung (Lyndee); Chris McClung and eight great-grandchildren.

Candy was known for her unwavering support of her military husband Dennis ‘Toby’ Tyler. She was a legal secretary at the various bases they were stationed at. She also enjoyed ceramics, painting, arranging flowers & quilting.

A graveside service will be held February 19 at 11:30 at Moss Chapel Church.

Casey Wilhoite Hopper

Somerville Funeral service for Casey Wilhoite Hopper, 38, will be Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Edward King officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.

Burial will be in Center Springs Cemetery.

Mrs. Hopper passed away on Monday, February 12, 2024, at Hospice Family Care.

She was born July 26, 1985, in Morgan County, to Danny Wilhoite and Debra Barnett Wilhoite.

She was a loving, caring wife and mother and was a wonderful homemaker for her family.

Survivors include her husband, Derrick Hopper; sons, Braylen Wilhoite and Waylon Hopper; parents, Danny Wilhoite and Debra Barnett Wilhoite; brother, Dusty Wilhoite.

Pallbearers will be Lynn Loflin, Colton Loflin, Dustin Dunkin and Raylen Barnett.

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February 21, 2024 at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jimmy Watson officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Burningtree Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Dobbs died on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at her residence. She was born September 4, 1944, in Kentucky, to William Taft Riickert and Goldia Lee Jefferson Riickert.

She loved her family, friends and her church. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and spending time with her family. She was a member of the Assemblies of God Church and worked with the Missionettes teaching the Daisy class for many years.

He was preceded in death by her parents, William and Goldia Riickert and brothers, William Eugene Riickert, Ivan Riickert and Gary Riickert.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, James Claude Dobbs; daughter, Shannon Parker (Keith); granddaughter, Emily Parker; siblings, Freddy Riickerts (Velma), Carolyn Shaw (John), many brothers and sisters-in-law; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Bob Watkins, Sr.

Richard Allen Hensley, 84, of Decatur, Alabama passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family on February 13, 2024.

A Graveside will be on Friday, February 16, 2024 in Hartselle City Cemetery.

Richard was born on January 29, 1940, in Seaford, Delaware to Roy E. & Opal G. Hensley. He obtained at a very young age a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Clemson University in South Carolina. He later obtained a masters degree in Chemistry from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and additional post graduate education from the University of Houston.

Richard worked many years in the chemical and petroleum industry primarily comprising of 25 years with Dow Chemical in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Sue Rodriquez Hensley of Angleton, Texas, his stepson Charles L (Chet) Murphree, Jr. and his step granddaughters Kendall Murphree and Kelsey Murphree.

Richard is survived by his wife Ann Sample Hensley, stepson Van Murphree, stepson Atlee Murphree, stepdaughter Lila Murphree and spouse Cindy Small, step daughter in law Lisa Murphree, brother Roy D. Hensley and step granddaughter Carly Murphree.

Richard was an avid hunter and sportsman and a proud fan of both Clemson University and LSU. Richard spent many of his later years traveling the world fishing in South America and Mexico and big game hunting in Africa and throughout North America. He maintained a separate building to display his large collection of hunting trophies he acquired.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice of the Valley.

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Mr. James Roland Burgess, 86, passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at Elk River Health and Nursing Facility. He was born May 13, 1937, in Morgan County, to William Roy Burgess and Ethel Lee Whitten Burgess.

Mr. Burgess loved farming and was always finding a way to stay busy. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and he never met a stranger. He was a self-employed mechanic and was very good at what he did.

Survivors include his wife, Josephine Sims Burgess; son, Chris Burgess (Lisa); daughter, Lynne Burgess Widener (Mark); brother, Marion Burgess; grandchildren, Emily Reeves (Steve), Erin Huddleston (Ron), Ethan Widener (Lauren) and Jacob Burgess; nine greatgrandchildren.

Hartselle Funeral service for Linda Faye Riickert Dobbs, 79, will be Wednesday,

Hartselle Bob Watkins, Sr. 76, died on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at his residence.

He was born February 22, 1947, in Texas, to Anthony Martin Watkins and Elsie Pierce Watkins.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and loved serving his country. He was the youngest of 10 Children. He loved day trips, fishing and spending time with his family. His parents, one son, Shane Nathaniel Watkins and seven of his siblings, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Lucy Watkins; sons Robert Watkins, Jr. (Linda) and Benjamin Watkins (Grace); more than a stepson, Thomas Szymborski, Jr. (Erin); daughter Yvonne Mote (Robert); sisters, Marilyn and Carole; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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lend a helping hand to anyone in need. He was especially close to his grandmother, Mary Watson. For many years they lived together in the little brick house on Broadway, filling it with laughter, art projects, and a fair bit of clutter.

David and his grandmother loved adventures and visiting family in other states.

David’s mother, Carolyn and his Great-Aunt, Betty Clements, later joined the household. Several beloved dogs also shared their happy home over the years, as David was always a dog lover.

As a dog person, it was only natural that David found his niche, as a bather, at PetSmart. He was beloved by his coworkers and his human and furry clients. He was also devoted to his nieces, nephews, and especially his great nieces and nephews. Spending time with his babies gave him great joy.

David will be greatly missed by all who knew him. His quirky sense of humor and love for others was a blessing to all in his orbit.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 6PM in the chapel at Peck Funeral Home.

Delton Lee Garrison

Laceys Spring Funeral service for Delton Lee Garrison, 51, will be Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Paul Ward officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery at Upshaw.

Mr. Garrison died on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at his residence. He was born October 10, 1972, in Morgan County, to Doyle Dobbins and Virginia Westmoreland Garrison.

He was employed with Mark Nix, working in construction and landscaping, prior to his passing. His father preceded him in death.

Survivors include his mother Virginia Westmoreland Garrison; sister, Ariel Garrison; grandchildren, Larkyn Prince, Wrenley Pearson and Joseph Pearson Pallbearers will be Chris Johnson, Jerry Matice, Eric Snipes and Mark Nix.

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David Watson, 53, died at his home in Hartselle on February 17, 2024, of complications from a brain tumor. He is survived by his mother Carolyn Watson, sisters, Nicole Britt and Karen Barnett (Doyle), niece, Whitley Hood, nephews, Jackson Britt, Nat Britt and Daniel Barnett.

David was born in 1970 in Hartselle and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Hartselle High in 1989 and earned degrees from the University of Alabama. His college years were marked by meaningful friendships, love of Alabama football, and …

To his lasting sorrow, David’s father Jerry Watson passed away because of aggressive leukemia in 1999. His college career was interrupted in 1996 with a devastating diagnosis of a brain tumor when he was just 26. However, this proved to be a temporary setback and despite extensive surgery and treatment, he made a full recovery and went on to graduate with a degree in social work.

David’s life was marked by profound love for and devotion to his family. He was generous and always ready to

Funeral service for Charlie Wayne Prater, 80, will be Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rex Riddle and Bro. Wayne Bumgart officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Alexander Welborn Cemetery.

Mr. Prater died on Thursday, February 15, 2024 at his residence. He was born May 24, 1943, in Morgan County, to Leonard Prater and Katie Pauline Sanford Prater.

He was a retired pipefitter, prior to his retirement. He was a member of Pinhook Church, was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He enjoyed Alabama Football, was a member of Lawrence County Sports Hall of Fame and founding member of Speake High School Sports Museum.

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by his parents, a sonTimothy Wayne Prater, a daughter- Anita Lacy and a sister- Ruby Powell.

Survivors include his wife of more than 62 years, Dorothy Melson Prater; son, Jamie Charles Prater (Jill); daughter, Sarena White (Johnny); son-in-law, Lynn Lacy; sisters, Dorothy Powell and JoAnn Steel; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Drew Prater, Cody Bowers, Jacob White, Coynis Smith, Paul Prater and Sandy Sanford.

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By David Gambino For the Enquirer A 95-year-old woman died in a Monday morning house fire in Somer-

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ing almost two years earlier.

At the time of the report, Hartselle police were able to determine Isbell was in DeKalb County based on phone records, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff ’s Office. Deputies said a search warrant of Isbell’s DeKalb County residence showed

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cate on his behalf,” the order reads.

The prosecution was also given 45 days to disclose any aggravating circumstances that it intends to rely on.

“The defense team continues to investigate the facts and prepare for trial,” Burney said.

In December, Legg’s attorneys filed a motion requesting $15,000 to pay for an independent mental health evaluation and IQ test, records show. As of this past

Hospital. He was born June 14, 1960, in Morgan County, to Milton Alford Haynes and Helen Tyler Haynes. He passed away peacefully to be with his Lord and Saviour.

He was employed by Durcoat Chemical Company in the Warehouse, prior to his passing. He was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors include his mother, Helen Tyler Haynes; sister, Teresa Haynes; special friend, Rhonda Penney Pallbearers will be Leamon Woods, Ricky Tapscott, Ricky Story, family and friends.

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Hartselle Funeral service for Don Keith Haynes, 63, will be Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 1:30 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Ray Halbrooks officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. Mr. Haynes died on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at Decatur Morgan

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A funeral service for Duke Griffith, 64, of Dandridge, Tenn., will be at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, February 21,

2024, at Peck Funeral Home with Kathy Griffith officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be at Hartselle City Cemetery.

Mr. Griffith died on February 15, 2024, at his residence.

He was born on October 15, 1959, to Robert and Helen Griffith in Morgan County, Alabama.

Duke Griffith was a loving husband and father. He loved Alabama football, deep sea fishing, and never met a stranger. Mr. Griffith loved to travel with his family, cooking for his family, listening to music, watching old movies and playing drums.

He is preceded in death by his parents, and brother Wynn Griffith.

Survivors Include his wife, Donna Griffith; four sons, Corby Griffith (Candace); Glynn Griffith (Laken), Travis Griffith, and Logan Griffith; two stepdaughters, Kirsten Beasley (Jarod) and Cheyenne Lovell (Andrew); two brothers, Dennis Griffith (Joanne) and Warren Griffith (Kathy); one Sister, Hellen Sides (Roger); six grandchildren, Canaan, Winry, Sammy, Arwynn, McKenna and Kinsley Griffith.

ville, according to Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn.

Chunn said the call came in around 11:27 a.m.

Multiple agencies responded to the fire in the

4800 block of Alabama 36, according to the Morgan County Sheriff ’s Office.

The name of the decedent had not been released Monday at press time.

signs of a struggle.

Months later, a credible tip, witness statements, and one of the defendant’s statements led investigators to charge Carr and Kelly in Isbell’s death, according to DeKalb County Chief Investigator Nick Brown.

“One of the co-defendants was very cooperative and helped lead us to Mary’s remains,” Brown said. The suspects and the victim were

acquaintances via “a boyfriend,” according to Brown.

An investigator’s affidavit filed in DeKalb County District Court alleges Carr and Kelly caused the death of Isbell on or around Oct. 18, 2021.

They did so “by pushing her off a cliff ” and “during her abduction or attempt to abduct,” according to the affidavit.

Brown, who said Isbell’s

cause of death appeared to be a result of being thrown from the cliff, said it’s one of the most “heinous” cases of his career.

Little River Canyon National Preserve sits atop Lookout Mountain and covers around 15,000 acres near Fort Payne.

“Thank you so kindly for your time, your honor,” Kelly wrote. “I highly appreciate it.”

Wednesday, the court had yet to respond to the request.

At a preliminary hearing for the defendants in August 2020, an FBI special agent read a written statement from Rogers saying he killed Jeremy Roberts, 31, of Athens, James Wayne Benford, 22, of Decatur, William Zane Hodgin, 18, of Somerville, and Roger Lee Jones Jr., 20, of Decatur, at a house on Talucah Road. The statement said Legg fatally shot three women at the residence: Tammy England Muzzey, 45, Emily Brooke Payne, 21, and Dakota Green, 17 of Valhermoso Springs.

The special agent testified that apparently the defendants were invited to a dinner party at the residence, known as a drug house, and Rogers “cased” the house and its occupants before opening fire on three men in the garage.

After allegedly killing the rest of the occupants, Rogers and Legg visited Legg’s father’s house in Hartselle and drove a silver Dodge Charger to Oregon, where Rogers had relatives, according to the testimony.

The defendants and Roberts were members of a “motorcycle gang” known as “Seven Deadly Sins,” accord-

ing to the FBI’s testimony.

Burney said he is personally opposed to the death penalty.

“I find it inconsistent, and somewhat abhorrent, that we live in a pro-life state, while at the same time our state leaders in Montgomery were gleeful that they successfully executed a human being using nitrogen gas,” he said. On Jan. 25, Alabama executed Kenneth Smith via nitrogen hypoxia.

Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson did not respond to requests for comment.

Pallbearers will be Corby Griffith, Glynn Griffith, Travis Griffith, Logan Griffith, Keith Jennings and Jim Hill.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jonathan Griffith and Kyle Tucker.

group of friends in Cullman. He was married to the love of his life for 61 years.

Preceding him in death were his parents, a daughter, Giselle Elaine Johnson Sutton and a grandson, Adam Sutton.

Survivors include his

wife of 61 years, Jean Gassaway Johnson; son, Richard Allen Johnson, Jr.; daughter, Richelle Sandlin; grandchildren, Seth Johnson and Katie Johnson; many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.

Richard “Dick” Johnson

Hartselle Funeral service for Richard “Dick” Johnson, 85, will be Saturday, February 17, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Allen Johnson officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.

Burial will be in Halltown Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson died on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at his residence. He was born June 6, 1938, in Illinois, to George Allen Johnson and Shirley Lucille Condit Johnson.

He was employed as a warehouse supervisor and manager for Bel Cheese Company, prior to his retirement. He liked dairy farming, racing motorcycles in his younger days, loved his Lord and his family and was loved by many. He enjoyed forging with a

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Weather forecasts gone awry

redicting changes in the weather here must be a nightmare for professional prognosticators, even novices like I. That’s a conclusion I reached recently after watching predictions for snow appear and then disappear on my wife Geanell’s cell phone.

Snow predictions along with freezing temperatures began showing up on the monitor of the phone as early as noon Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1021. A 30% chance of snow was removed and changed to a 40% chance of rain by midafternoon. Snow appeared and removed from the forecast at least five times before the weekend. A heavy coating of ice covered car windows Saturday morning, but

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few weeks ago, we shivered through an arctic blast of bone-chilling weather. At the time spring seemed far in the future.

Now we are observing early signs in nature that spring is on its way and will arrive at its usual time.

The seasons cycle according to a predetermined schedule and we become accustomed to planning events that happen annually in months leading up to and during each.

In the world of nature buttercups have pushed their way up through the cold ground and are waving their blooms in the late winter winds. My tulip trees have swelling buds waiting in anticipation of spring and its warmth to burst forth in color. Winter grasses are turning green again after the great freeze from the blast. Wrens are stirring early. We are now watching the swiftly changing weather

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t’s handy, having the world at our fingertips. Even though I lived it, it is hard to imagine there once was a time when we had to wonder about things; in the stone ages of the late 20th Century there were questions that the average person would have and had no way of getting an instantaneous answer. The horrors. Now we carry a computer around in our pocket with more processing power than those that once filled entire rooms.

These little computers contain our calendars, our rolodex, our literary and musical library, and most anything else we want to put

still no snow.

Low temperature forecasts were on target as predicted. Sunday’s low was well below the freezing mark.

Show pre- Clif Knight dictions were Staff Writer also included, as part of a Emeritus winter freeze advisory for the southeast a few weeks ago. Snow fell as predicted on a Tuesday. The ground was covered by two inches, followed by an inch of sleet and rain. The temperature dipped into single dig-

its that night and remained at or below freezing through Friday. The town was virtually locked down on Wednesday.

As a native of East Central Alabama, I can recall the contrast of winter weather conditions in North Alabama and what they were 150 miles south where I lived.

We always looked at weather maps for both regions to determine how cold it got or how much snow was in the ground in the northern part of the state.

We’ve also had the opportunity to judge the changeability of winter weather conditions in North Alabama after living here for 59 years.

We were told by outsiders before we moved here: “It’ll be hot in the summer and cold in the winter,

and also, you’ll never know what the weather will be like from one day to the next.”

We of the Hartselle Enquirer staff took notice of those words during a blizzard in the middle of night while we put the final touches to one of our annual Progress Editions a few years ago. In a rapid and unexpected change of events, the temperature dropped 40 degrees in less than 12 hours and a windswept snowstorm inundated the town and left snowdrifts up to four feet deep in its wake. At the peak of its intensity, visibility reached near zero and public works crews spent a day opening main street to traffic. The newspaper staff met its deadline by working through the night.

Harbingers of Spring fronts and wondering if we will escape the inevitable accompanying storms Deer, sensing that hunting season has closed, are A. Ray Lee m o v i n g Columnist more freely in the final days of rut assuring there will be another crop of fawns in late summer. Ironically Clint’s trail camera caught the picture of a trophy buck just after dark on a field he had left an hour before on closing day. In a few weeks spring turkey season will be open. My friend Greg, an extraordinary turkey caller, assures me that he has all his gear ready in anticipation of opening day.

Let me list a few other things influenced by the season that appear on the calendar and are harbingers of spring. The highly hyped Super Bowl is over, and the rage around it has now passed.

Since it was played in the season of romance, we are wondering whether Kelce popped the eternal question to Swift. In a few days the excitement surrounding Valentine’s Day and football will be replaced as the race for the final four in the basketball world comes front and center for sports lovers.

Following that the opening day for baseball predictions of the teams that will meet in the World Series will be debated although that event is still in the distant future.

With the occurrence of Ash Wednesday many religious traditions began the observance of Lent, a time of self-denial which will end on Maundy Thursday and culminate on Easter Sunday. Not

all Christian denominations will practice Lent. The young son of a preacher was asked by his teacher what the family was giving up for Lent. We laughed at his honesty when he replied, “We are Baptist and we don’t give up nothing for nothing.” But we will all unite together on Easter Sunday to celebrate the empty tomb and give praise and worship to the risen Jesus who sacrificed himself on our behalf. Spring will have arrived.

Early Easter morning we will sing “Up from the grave he arose” while rejoicing that the cold and darkness of a spiritual winter has been overshadowed by the love of the Father through his son. A gospel songwriter has described his view of heaven in his lyrics, “It is always springtime in glory where the flowers are blooming rich and rare.” Indeed, there are harbingers of that eternal spring for those who have faith in him.

capacity? Sure. My Uncle Mark and I were on a road trip once using google maps and the discussion of our cultures slipping navigational skills came up. “Used to be,” Mark began, “we knew how to get places without a phone. Of course, we drove around the block a lot more back then too, so I guess it wasn’t perfect.”

The point being, we weren’t as good at those things as we like to think we were anyway.

There is one thing I miss, however, since the advent of the smartphone. I was listening to a sermon recently and the preacher told his congregation to turn to 1 Timo-

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Most days I am very thankful for smartphones.

In fact, there are few times I am not thankful for them.

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thy 1:12-15. Having completed his request, I heard a sound that I had long forgotten. I heard a room full of bibles flipping to the same text; I heard the melody of those thin slivers of paper rustling as the gathered saints searched the depths of God’s word.

There’s nothing wrong with bible apps and the convenience there in, but from time to time, I wish we could just set them aside and listen to the world that once was. And as I flipped through my Papa’s tattered Bible along with the sermon, it occurred to me that it seems pointless to pass down an iPhone.

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Meet Mary McCay, church pianist for seven decades As churchgoers ushered down the aisles of Neel United Methodist Church to their regular seats, Mary McCay sat perched atop a black piano bench, waiting for service to begin.

“I guess it is that time,” McCay said, glancing at her watch before launching into a toe-tapping, hand-clapping version of the Southern gospel tune “Keep on the Firing Line.” “My niece’s husband tries to get me to play it every Sunday, but I don’t play it every Sunday. I do enjoy playing it though. It is fun.”

For the past 74 years, the 84-year-old McCay — “Actually 84-and-a-half. I’ll be 85 in June,” she proudly claims — has served as the pianist for Neel UMC in Danville.

“It has been quite a blessing to be able to play for the church,” McCay said.

The Rev. Steven Barber, pastor of Neel UMC, noted the rarity of McCay’s consistency and commitment to the church.

“I have served my entire pastorate in rural United Methodist churches and I have not once seen someone as committed as Mary,” Barber said.

“It is hard for churches to get pianists. Piano playing is a lost art like playing the organ.

I’ve served at churches that don’t have pianists. And Neel has had the same one for 74 years. I am in awe of her.”

McCay’s introduction to the piano came out of necessity when her 18-year-old cousin, the church’s pianist, was diagnosed with brain cancer.

“They did surgery on her,

but they didn’t get it all. She was never able to play again.

She died in less than a year,” McCay said.

McCay’s grandfather, a member of one of the original families of the church, which was established in 1890, asked if she would like to learn to play the piano.

“He said if I would take piano lessons that he would pay for them and he would buy the piano,” McCay said.

“My parents did pay him back for the piano. It was only $100, but $100 was a lot back then.”

McCay played on that piano until 2016 when a tornado damaged her home, which sits half a mile from the church, and the contents inside.

To learn the basics of the piano, McCay took lessons from the wife of the pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church.

“I thought I took a year, but my sister corrected me.

She said I only took nine months,” McCay said.

The lessons at Neel Elementary School cost 50 cents each.

“I’m sure she taught me lines and spaces and all that, but I didn’t learn them,” McCay said. “After a few lessons and learning where some of the different keys were on the piano, I could hear a song and play it. I just found what sounded right, I reckon.”

Within a couple of months of her first lesson, McCay began playing during services.

Despite being able to play by ear, McCay keeps hymnals open to the service’s songs, including “The Doxology,” which she has played

every week for the past seven decades, on the piano’s music stand.

“The songs that I know and have known all my life, I can play them out of that hymnal because I already know them by heart,” McCay said. “I keep the music there just in case I need reminding. I can’t read the music, but I know when the notes go up and down.”

Her favorite hymns are the ones she grew up listening to Southern gospel groups perform, including “He Touched Me,” “It is Well with My Soul,” “He Leadeth Me,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “Amazing Grace.”

“I love Southern gospel.

That’s what I was raised on.

I think that’s also where I got my desire to play the piano.

Whenever we would go to Southern gospel singings, I was always fascinated with the piano players and I would always watch them,” McCay said.

Along with services, McCay plays at funerals. One of the hardest services was the funeral of her 35-year-old nephew Chris Russell.

“It was so very hard, but God gave me the strength,” McCay said. “His death was heartbreaking. He was brilliant and so kind. When he moved back here and started going to church with us, I was tickled. He could play the piano and he could read music. That meant I could sit in the church service and just listen. We still miss him so much.”

A plaque on the piano is engraved with the words “In Memory of Chris Russell.

In Honor of Mary McCay.” Russell’s parents bought

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Mary McCay has served as the church pianist at Neal United Methodist Church for 74 years. “I think that when she plays, we get a glimpse of the kingdom of heaven,” the Rev. Stephen Barber said. the piano for the church in 2004, two years after Russell’s death.

McCay also played the occasional wedding.

“I don’t really do weddings.

I can’t read the kind of music they want,” McCay said.

“I did one when a couple renewed their vows. They would not take no for an answer. I played ‘Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us.’ And I could play enough of the wedding march to get them down the aisle.”

Whether playing for services, funerals or the rare wedding, McCay helps the congregation prepare for worship.

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Oh, he tells me he don’t mind, but after that long, he does mind because he will get up and go out. Playing gives me joy. It’s my outlet.”

McCay, who along with serving as pianist drove a Morgan County school bus for 25 years, plans on playing for as long as possible.

“I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. I will do this for as long as the good Lord allows me to. I’ve always said that if anyone asked me to play and I could then I would. I love playing,” McCay said. “I don’t think God would have given me this gift if he didn’t want me to share for as long as I could.”

Sunday morning experience,” Barber said. “She has also offered consistency as people remember the times they met God in our sanctuary. Chances are the same lady that was playing piano then in order to help them come face to face with God is still playing the piano. I think that when she plays, we get a glimpse of the kingdom of heaven.”

Barber, who has served at Neel for three years, can count on one hand the number of services McCay has missed.

“I just love playing,” McCay said. “There’s hardly a day I don’t play. Some days I might play for an hour, if my husband’s not in the house.

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fi The Technology Student Association (TSA) held its preliminary 3D CAD competition recently determining which students would move on to the final championship round. Ten Hartselle High School students have secured their positions in

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North Alabama Event Evangelism will be conducting training sessions in February to add team members to go to area events to share the gospel. Members work in a team of three and choose the times they would like to work.

Events are sent via email and participants sign up online for a 3–4-hour shift. The presentation is non-denominational and is easy to present. We use the strategy of 3 Things God Cannot Do. Sessions (only need to attend one) will be at Hartselle Civic Center on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 1, Feb. 8 and Feb 15. Call Ronnie at 256-303-8198 to register for training. For more information, visit breakinggoodnews.org

10:30 a.m., Sunday discipleship training at 5 p.m., evening worship at 6 p.m. and Wednesday worship service at 6:30 p.m. Call 353-4315 for more info.

Fellowship Baptist Church on Setter Avenue in Decatur (just west of Cracker Barrel) holds Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m.

Call 256-355-8414 for information.

Southwest Baptist Church, 1705 Ridgedale Dr. SW, Hartselle, has Sunday School beginning at 9:45 each Sunday, morning worship at 11:00 am and evening worship at 6:00 pm. Wednesday night services are at 6:00 pm. Bro. Greg Burcham is the pastor.

For more information, call 256-773-5994.

Church of God Prophecy, 503 Stewart St. in Hartselle, holds the following weekly services: Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday night service at 6 p.m. Pastor is Chris Bates.

Serenity Baptist Church, located at 1062 Perkins Wood Rd., Hartselle, welcomes a new interim pastor, Bro. Lynn Morgan. Sunday School is held at 9:45 a.m. with Sunday Worship at 11 am.

Forest Hill Baptist Church, 1947 Bluff City Rd, Somerville, AL 35670 invites everyone to old hymn singing KJV preaching each Sunday School morning at 10am, Church Service at 11am, Sunday night at 6pm and Wed. night at 7pm. For more information 256-754-5226.

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church located at 287 Mt. Carmel Road, Falkville, AL 35622, offers Sunday School at 10am, worship service at 11am lead Brother David Taylor and Sunday evening worship at 6pm Gandy’s Cove Community Church located on Gandy’s Cove Rd in Falkville offers Sunday School 11 a.m.; Worship Service 10 a.m. and Wednesday night Bible study 6 p.m.

Unity Baptist Church, located at 4506 Norris Mill Road in Decatur, with pastor Bro. Joel Snyder has Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., worship service at

Sanctuary Community Church is located at 1149 West Main St. Hartselle. Sunday School is held at 10 a.m.; services at 11 and Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m.

Falkville Church of Christ, 18 West 2nd St., Falkville, meets each Sunday morning for Bible School at 9 a.m. with Morning Worship service at 10 a.m.

Sunday evening worship service is at 6 p.m. and Wednesday Evening Bible Study at 7 p.m. Please join us.

Cedar Creek Free Will Baptist Church, located at 1303 Cedar Creek Church Rd in Hartselle, has Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Wednesday evening service at 6 p.m. Their doors are always open. For more info, call Pastor Cliff Tomlinson 256-898-4198.

Word Alive! Church and pastor Brian Culbreath have weekly radio shows on Sundays at 1:15 p.m. on 91.3 FM and Mon. through Fri. on 106.3 FM. Valhermoso Baptist Church, located at 7312 Hwy. 36 E in Lacey’s Spring, holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Discipleship training and worship are held at 6 p.m. on Wed. evening. Children, youth and adult classes are at 6:30 p.m.

Gum Springs Baptist Church, located at 371 Gum Springs Road in Hartselle, has Sunday morning worship at 11 a.m. and Sunday School classes at 10 a.m. open for all ages. Wednesday night prayer meetings at 6:30 p.m.

Faith Independent Church, located on Bell Springs Road on Lacon Mountain, has services each Sunday at 10 a.m. for Sunday school and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. for worship (except on third Sunday nights–no

service). Wednesday’s service is at 7 p.m. They are a nondenominational church, and the pastor is Bro James E. Mills Jr. Living Hope Church of God in Christ, located at 901 McDaniel Street, has Sunday school at 10 a.m., Sunday worship at 11:15 a.m. and Bible study Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Priceville Church of Christ, located at 143 Robinson Rd in Priceville, holds Sunday School at 9:00, Sunday morning worship at 10:00; Sunday evening worship at 5:00 and Wednesday night at 7:00. Call 256-431-4770 for more information.

Lawrence Cove Baptist, 142 Pine Blurr Rd, Eva, AL 35621, holds Sunday School at 10 am and worship at 11 am with Pastor Steven Smith. For more info contact 256-482-2247.

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, 860 Mt. Nebo Road, Falkville, holds Sunday school at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and Sunday evening worship at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible study is at 6 p.m. For more information, call 256476-5201 Flint Baptist Church holds worship services and children’s services at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays and a prayer service and children’s discipleship on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. The church building is located at 4119 Hwy 31 South in Decatur. For more information, call (256) 353-7429.

The Revival Tabernacle holds services Sundays at 10 a.m. and Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. The church is located at 1109 Main St. W. Pastors Jason and Ginger Thayer welcome everyone to attend.

East Highland Baptist Church, 1030 Main Street E, holds Sunday School at 9:15 a.m., worship at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible study at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The church also holds American Heritage Girls and Trail Life meetings Monday nights at 6 p.m. For more information, call 256-773-4157.

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n the Bible, we encounter various individuals whose lives serve as examples to emulate or avoid. In Luke 10, we encounter two such figures: Martha and Mary. When Jesus visits their home, their contrasting responses provide valuable lessons. Martha is preoccupied with the household tasks (Luke 10:40), while Mary devotes her attention solely to book and visit the website at www.corhartselle.org. For more info, call 256-773-2121 or email corhartselle@gmail.com.

Pennylane Church of Christ, located at 615 Pennylane St. SE, holds services at 11 a.m. each Sunday and 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Minister William L. Turney can be reached at 256-683-4660.

Howard Dickinson serves the church as the assistant minister.

The Falkville United Methodist Church holds services on Sunday at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 10 a.m. The youth meet at 5 p.m. Sundays. The public is welcome to attend.

The church is located at 253 Main St. E in Falkville.

Piney Grove Christian Church hosts services each Sunday school at 10 a.m., preaching at 11 a.m., evening service at 6 p.m. and Wednesday night Bible study at 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church Falkville, located at 305 E. Main Street in Falkville, has the following service schedule: Sunday School, 9:15 a.m., Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. and no Sunday night service. Wednesday Evening Services start at 6:00 p.m. Stephen Cannon is the pastor. For more info, call 256784-5827, or log on to www. fbcfalkville.com.

Lighthouse Baptist Church holds Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.

Wednesday worship is at 6:30 p.m. The pastor is Bro. John Reid.

Liberty Baptist Church, 1206 Lane Road NW, holds services each Sunday with Bible study Christ Our Redeemer Luther- at 9:45 a.m., Bible preaching at an Church, located at 721 Pick- 11 a.m. Wednesday night Bible ens St. SW in Hartselle, invites Study at 6:30 p.m. everyone to Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. and worship at Walnut Grove Baptist Church 10:30 a.m. each Sunday. The is located at 622 South Bethel church office is open Monday Road in Hartselle. The pastor and Wednesday from 9-11:30 is John D. Bain. Sunday school a.m. Find the church on Face- is at 10 a.m., worship service is at 11 a.m. and evening worship

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Jesus (Luke 10:39/42). Mary’s focused devotion illustrates the essence of a meaningful relationship with Jesus. This narrative urges us to prioritize quality time with Him, to sit at His feet and to listen attentively.

Amidst life’s distractions, let us not squander our fleeting time but invest it wisely. Are you like Martha or Mary?

service is at 6 p.m. Wednesday service at 6 p.m. For more info, visit us on Facebook or log onto http:// walnutgrove baptistchurch.weebly.com.

First Baptist Church of Hartselle, 210 Woodland St. NW, offers worship services as follows: on Sunday - Contemporary Worship at 9am, Sunday School at 10am, and Traditional Worship at 11am; on Wednesday at 6pm – Bible Study, Student & Children’s activities. Dr. Clayton Speed is the pastor. For more info call 256-773-5500 or visit fbchart.org.

McKendree Christian Fellowship, a non-denominational church, located at 2795 Highway 55 W., Danville, holds services Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. for Bible class, worship at 10:45 a.m., Wednesday night potluck at 6:30 p.m. and Bible study at 7 p.m.

Pattillo Street Church of God holds Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and praise and worship at 10:30 a.m. A Sunday evening service is held at 5 p.m. and a Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m., including youth activities. The church is located at 1211 Pattillo St. SW in Hartselle, and the pastor is Gary Phillips.

New Song Family Church, located at 4309 Highway 31 S, Decatur, AL 35603, has services on Sundays at 11:00 am. Worship is led by Jan Byrd.

Pleasant View Holy Church of Christ on Hogan Road in Falkville (Massey) offers services as follows: Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday night, 5 p.m.; and Wed. night Bible study, 6:30 p.m. For more info, call Pastor Rickie Ball at 256-4623715 or Reford and Cindy William at 256-462-3573.

Pine Street Independent Baptist Church , 135 Pine St.,

Falkville, AL, invites everyone to Sunday morning worship at 11 am and evening service at 6 pm. Wednesday night bible study 6 p.m. For more info contact Pastor Rusty Hodges, 256-612-0266.

No Fences Cowboy Church of Morgan County, located at 3544 West Lacon Road in Falkville, has the following service schedule: Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and Wednesday Adult and youth Bible studies at 6:30 p.m. Josh Sparkman is the pastor. For more info, call 256-784-5448, or log on to www.nofencescc.com.

First Christian Church, in Hartselle invites you to join us on Sunday mornings for Sunday School at 9:00 am and Worship Service at 10:00 am. We have “No creed but Christ”, and partake of Holy Communion each Sunday. We hold monthly Communion Services at Columbia Cottage, enjoy monthly Fellowship Suppers. Nursery provided.

Our pastor is Mickey Johnson. Please visit our website to view our sermons. www.

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Remove any excessive grease from the skillet.

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Add the chopped zucchini to the skillet along with 1/4 cup of water. Cover the skillet with a lid and simmer for

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Drain the tomatoes and give them a quick rough chop. Add to the eggs.

Dice the mozzarella and add it to the mixing bowl.

Using a slotted spoon, scoop the zucchini out onto a cutting board and allow it to cool a few minutes.

Add the Italian sausage and onion to the mixing bowl.

Give the cooked zucchini a rough chop and add it to the mixing bowl.

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Stir to combine all of the ingredients.

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Lady Tigers moving to Elite 8

By Russell Frye For the Enquirer

The Hartselle Lady Tigers withstood a fourth-quarter surge from Muscle Shoals to win 50-46 and advance to the 6A Northwest Regional finals and a matchup with top-ranked Hazel Green.

“I am proud of how the girls played against Muscle Shoals,” Hartselle coach Amber Deline said. “They took the Lasy Trojans’ best punch and countered for the win.

The Lady Tigers dominated most of the first quarter behind the play of Mary Frances Itsede, who finished with six points to help Hartselle build an 11-4 lead before Muscle Shoals closed with a 6-2 run to make the score 13-10 heading into the second quarter.

Hartselle scored the first five points of the second quarter to extend their lead to 18-10. The Lady Trojans then outscored the Lady Tigers 6-4 to cut the lead to six at 22-16. Anna Claire Gladden scored a basket right before the buzzer to put Hartselle up 24-16 heading into halftime.

By Russell Frye For the Enquirer The Hartselle Lady Tigers opened the Anna Hall era with a perfect weekend to start her first season leading the Hartselle softball program. They picked up wins over Hazel Green, Oak Mountain (twice), Enterprise and West Limestone in the championship game.

“I think it’s just a testament to the girls and how hard they have worked this off-season and pre-season,” Hall said.

Hartselle 13, West Limestone 3 Hartselle finished the Red & Blue Classic with a 13-3 win over West Limestone.

Brit Godfrey had two hits, including a home run, and four RBI to lead the Lady Tigers.

Bailey Lawrence earned the win after pitching two innings, allowing a run on two hits.

Tiger Howell pitched 2.0 innings of relief, allowing two runs on five hits.

Kaelyn Jones had two doubles and two RBI, while Katie Gillott added three hits and an RBI. Katie Norgard and Morgan Osborn each had two hits and an RBI. Hartselle 10, Oak Mountain 1

Hannah Burks had 10 points at the break, while Itsede had eight points and nine rebounds.

After a Burks’ threepointer to open the third, Muscle Shoals went on a 4-0 run to close to within six points. Gracie Hill ended the Lady Trojans’ run with a long three-pointer to put Hartselle up 30-21.

She added another three to extend the lead to 33-22, the Lady Tigers’ largest lead of the game. Muscle Shoals outscored Hartselle 8-2 over the final couple of minutes of the quarter to make the score 35-30 heading into the final quarter.

The Lady Trojans continued their run from the third quarter by adding on another six points to take a 36-35 lead early in the fourth quarter, their first lead since leading 2-1 early in the first. Burks ended the Muscle Shoals run with a layup to put the Lady Tigers up 37-36. The teams exchanged baskets over the next few minutes, leaving the game tied 41-41 with 3:00 remaining. Hill hit a three-pointer with 2:42 remaining to put Hartselle up 44-41. The Lady Trojans

The Lady Tigers scored 10 runs over the final two innings to defeat Oak Mountain 10-1. It was the second win for Hartselle over the 7A Lady Eagles.

Brit Godfrey had two home runs and four RBI to lead the Lady Tigers. Jones had a double and three RBI, while Blayne Godfrey had two hits and an RBI. Gillott homered and had two RBI. Blayne Godfrey picked up the win after allowing one run on three hits over four innings, striking out six.

Hartselle 12, Enterprise 2 Hartselle started out Saturday with a 12-2 win over 7A Enterprise. The Lady Tigers scored nine runs in the first after sending 13 batters to the plate. Katie Norgard finished 3-for-3 with a home run and a double with four RBI to lead the attack.

Jones had three hits, including a double, three runs scored, two stolen bases and two RBI, while Katie Gillott doubled and had an RBI. Tiger Howell earned her first varsity win after pitching three innings. She allowed one run on four hits.

Hartselle 5, Oak Mountain 2 The Lady Tigers scored two in the bottom of the

Gracie Hill hits a long three-pointer in the fourth quarter to give the Lady Tigers a lead. tied the game at 44-44 with just over 2:00 remaining.

After exchanging baskets in the next 30 seconds, the game was tied at 46-46.

Anna Hampton Burroughs hit a layup with 1:02 left to give Hartselle a 48-46 lead. Ella Springer added two free throws to seal the

50-46 win.

Freshman Hannah Burks led Hartselle (20-6) with 17 points and four steals. Gracie Hill added 15 points, while

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Mary Itsede finished with a double-double, 12 points and 11 rebounds, along with three assists, three steals and three blocks.

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The Hartselle Lady Tigers finished the Red & Blue Classic a perfect 5-0 and were named the 2024 champs. fourth to break a 2-2 tie on their way to a 5-2 over Oak Mountain.

Gillott and Jones each hit a home run, while Norgard, Brit Godfrey and Morgan Osborn each had a hit and an RBI. Blayne Godfrey earned the win after allowing two runs on six hits in five innings. She had five strikeouts.

Hartselle 5, Hazel Green 2

Hartselle picked up a 5-2 victory over fellow 6A powerhouse Hazel Green.

The Lady Tigers were led by Norgard, who had a double and a triple, along with three RBI. Gillott and Chloe Gray each had an RBI. Bailey Lawrence pitched four innings to pick up the win.

She allowed two ENQUIRER PHOTO BY JIM MEADOWS runs on six hits Hartselle head coach Anna Hall congratulates Brit Godfrey followwhile striking out ing a home run Saturday. five.

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Jace Meadows pitches in the second inning of the Tigers’ 5-4 win over Gardendale.

The Hartselle Tigers opened the season with two wins over ranked opponents in the AL Kickoff Classic.

The 6A No. 3 Tigers defeated 6A No. 7 Gardendale 5-4 Friday and 7A No. 3 Bob Jones 4-0 Saturday.

“I thought our kids competed well this weekend.

Our schedule is always very tough and we faced some very good competition with some playoff-type atmospheres, and our kids seemed to step up to the challenge,” coach Jake Miles said. “We have some battletested guys, some inexperienced guys, and some injuries, so it’s always interesting to see how we put it all together, but I couldn’t be happier with the effort

and attitude we played with.

Our goal is to try and get a little better each day, and our senior leadership is helping guide that path.”

Hartselle 4, Bob Jones 0 Hartselle finished the weekend with a 4-0 victory over Bob Jones in a game played at Hoover High School. The Tigers scored a run in the first and third innings and added two in the sixth to cap off the victory.

Senior Nic Chumley (1-0) earned the win after pitching a complete-game shutout.

He allowed three hits over seven innings while only throwing 65 pitches.

Cam Palahach led Hartselle (2-0) with a hit and two RBI, while Carter Lee added two RBI. Jo Williamson had two hits, while Cade Miles had a hit and two runs scored.

Lawson Williams and Cole Miles each added a hit and a

run scored.

Hartselle 5, Gardendale 4 The Tigers opened the 2024 season with a 5-4 on the road at Gardendale last Friday. The Rockets took an early 1-0 lead before Hartselle would take a 3-1 lead in the top of the second.

They added a run in the fifth and sixth and held on for the win as Gardendale scored three in the bottom of the sixth.

Junior Jace Meadows (1-0) earned the win after pitching 5.1 innings. He allowed four runs on six hits while striking out two. Andrew Coleman earned the save with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.

Jo Williamson doubled and drove in two runs to lead the Tigers. Asher Doepel had a single and two RBI, while Cade Miles had a double and an RBI.

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Soccer action: Lady Tigers win Lakeshore Shootout

By Russ Gordon For the Hartselle Enquirer

The Hartselle Lady Tigers won the Lakeshore Shootout in Homewood this past weekend defeating Pelham 2-0, Mortimer Jordan 5-2 on Friday and Gulf Shores 5-1 on Saturday to earn the championship.

After suffering a home loss to Athens to open the season and then a week without playing, the Lady Tigers were eager to travel to Birmingham to compete in the Bronze Division of the Lakeshore Shootout. In four previous trips to this tournament, Hartselle has never won it all, but last year were undefeated yet came up short of being the champions.

Hartselle 2, Pelham 0 In game 1, Pelham entered the game with a 3-1-1 record and had outscored their opponents 19-5. The Lady Tigers were unfazed by this and kept a clean sheet to a win against the 6A Pelham Panthers with goals scored

by Kylie French and Kennedy Vest.

Hartselle 5, Mortimer Jordan 2 In game 2, the Lady Tigers faced off against the Mortimer Jordan (6A) Blue Devils who entered the game 3-0 on the season with all their wins at home. The Lady Blue Devils scored 12 goals in their first three games. The Lady Tigers roared onto the pitch and dispatched the Blue Devils with goals by Kylie French, Lanie Shaw (2), Maddy Henry and Kaitlyn Dolbeer.

Hartselle 5, Gulf Shores 1 In game 3, the Lady Tigers put the hurt on the Lady Dolphins with a sharp 5-1 victory.

The high-flying effort showcased goals by Allie Beatty, Kaitlyn Dolbeer, Kennedy Vest and Maddy Henry had a brace.

Following the Shootout, Hartselle coach Chasity Hughes said, “Our team displayed incredible chemistry, discipline and perseverance this weekend. We’re excited to get back to work.”

Senior and center defender, Lanie Shaw, made the alltournament team. The Lady Tigers will square off against Danville in the first round of the Morgan County Tournament Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.

BOYS Scottsboro 2, Hartselle 1 The Wildcats scored a goal early in the game to take the lead 1-0. The Tigers responded shortly after with a goal by Luke Vinson off a corner kick to tie the game. Hartselle’s offense controlled the rest of the game with many chances to score but were unable to finish against a scrappy defense. Late in the second half a Scottsboro player outran the Tiger defense and kicked a perfect shot into an upper corner of the net. It was the only shot on goal for the Wildcats in the second half, but it was enough to seal the victory.

Hartselle 9, Brewer 0 The Tigers took their first shot on goal one minute into the game. It was a harbinger of things to come with a domineering performance by the Tigers. Owen Bennich started the scoring fest 12 minutes into the game with a header off an assist by Ethan Medendorp.

Goalie Eli Pinion had two stellar saves in the first half and another in the second

half to claim the clean sheet.

Alex Williams also played goalie late in the second half.

Luke Vinson scored a solo with 16:17 on the clock. Ten minutes later Medendorp scored with an assist from Vinson. Luke Minnon added his name to the list of Tigers who have scored goals this season with an assist from Vinson. Medendorp added another score with an assist

by Minnon to bring the score to 5-0 at halftime.

Bennich scored twice more in the second half, one with an assist from Vinson, his third, to bring the score to 7-0 with 10 minutes remaining. Vinson recorded his second goal of the night six minutes later. Medendorp put the exclamation point on the game with the final shot at the buzzer.

Luke Vinson had two goals (a brace) and three assists to lead the offense. Ethan Medendorp had three goals and an assist, Owen Bennich had three goals and Luke Minnon had a goal and an assist.

JV BOYS Hartselle 7, Brewer 0 The Hartselle JV Boys continued their unbeaten streak with their third clean sheet recorded by goalie John Vinson. They have outscored their opponents 18-0. Kevin Davis scored a goal and both Brett Hatfield and Elliott Barnes scored three each.

Barnes is the team’s leading scorer with seven on the season.

The Varsity Boys play at Hazel Green Feb. 19 and will play Danville in the Scorers and goalies, left to right are Luke Vinson, Owen Bennich, Ethan Medendorp, Morgan County TournaLuke Minnon, Alex Williams and Eli Pinion. ment Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.

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Burney had two RBI, while Marc Rychetsky, Murphy, Logan Paseur and Carson Johnson each had an RBI. Guntersville 13, Brewer 2 The Patriots opened the season with a 13-2 loss on the road at Guntersville. Matthew Matkin and Murphy each scored a run, while Powers and Paseur each had a hit in the loss last Thursday.

Good Hope 7, Danville 6 Danville opened the season with a 7-6 loss to Good Hope this past Saturday. Jackson Randolph led the Hawks with three hits, including a double and two RBIs. Reece Cowart doubled, singled and had two RBI, while Eli Coker and Avery Brewer each added two hits and an RBI.

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The Priceville Bulldogs opened the 2024 season with a 9-5 win over 7A Austin. Brewer and Danville also started last week with the Patriots going 1-2, while Danville went 0-1.

Priceville 9, Austin 5 The Bulldogs picked up a win to open the 2024 season by defeating Austin 9-5. Colman Gann held the Black Bears to two runs on three hits over five innings while striking out nine to earn the win.

Priceville was led by the bat of Tyde Borden, who had two hits with a double and two RBIs, while Kane Dunn had a hit and two RBIs. Wes Walker had two hits with an RBI, while Jake Borden,

Brodie Brown and Deacon Hall each had an RBI. Levi Morgan led Austin with two hits, including a home run and four RBI. Brewer 11, Elkmont 5 The Patriots earned their first win with an 11-5 victory over Elkmont.

Brayden Murphy led Brewer at the plate and on the mound. He finished with three hits and two RBI, while pitching four innings to earn the win. He allowed two runs on four hits while striking out four.

Logan Powers had a double and drove in two runs.

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By Russell Frye For the Enquirer The Lady Bulldogs continued their winning streak this past week shutting out Tanner 10-0.

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Maddie Black took the loss after allowing five runs in 3.1 innings of work.

Priceville 3, Grissom 0 Darby Thigpen led the Lady Bulldogs with two hits and a run scored, while Kelsey Green had a hit and two runs scored.

Elizabeth Murphy picked up the win after pitching six shutout innings, allowing three hits while striking out seven.

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Green tossed four scoreless innings to earn the win, allowing two hits and striking out five.

Colbert Co. 8, Priceville 6 Green had a hit, an RBI and a run scored to lead Priceville. King and Black each added an RBI. Murphy took the loss after allowing eight runs on nine hits in three innings of work.

Priceville 4, Grissom 2 Green had three hits and a run scored to lead the LAdy Bulldogs in their season opening win on Friday. Thigpen added two hits and an RBI, while King had a kit, an

RBI and a run scored.

Black picked up the win after pitching five innings and allowing two runs on four hits while striking out seven.

West Point 9, Falkville 0 Madison Veal, Melody Sims and Hope McClanahan each had a hit each for Falkville in their loss to West Point.

Winston County 5, Falkville 1 McClanahan had an RBI to lead Falkville in their loss to Winston County.. Veal, Allie Smith, Kasey Foote and Grace Rowe each had a hit.

Tanner last Friday.

Anna Leigh Pilkington and Madelyn Kennedy each had a goal and an assist, while Aubrey Owens added an assist. Goalie Tori Staats had five saves in the shutout.

Brewer 9, Fairview 1 The Lady Patriots picked up their first win of the season with a 9-1 victory over Fairview. Freshman

Aubrie Irmen had a hat trick to lead Brewer. Reese Mitchell had two goals, while Emma Gandy, Riley Carlton, Annabell Sarre and Riley Cannon each had a goal.

Danville 4, Madison Academy 4 The Lady Hawks and Lady Mustangs battled to a 4-4 tie this past Thursday.

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and Junior Maddie Sherrill each had two goals for Danville. Josie Bailey had an assist. Goalie Wendy Reyes had 15 saves.

Boys Tanner 4, Priceville 1 The Bulldogs came out on the short end of a 4-1 loss to defending state champion Tanner last Friday. McClain Lawson had a goal in the loss.

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Lifestyle Coordinator The Times Daily is seeking a creative, organized journalist to plan daily coverage for and to help coordinate the production of our Lifestyle pages.

Job Description: The Lifestyle Coordinator will be responsible for managing content for the paper’s Lifestyle pages, including local stories, columns, calendar items, briefs and press releases. The job also includes the pagination of the daily editorial page, and making last-minute corrections and changes to the YourLife pages and other special sections.

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Rentals Apartments For Rent

Cedar Trace Apartments

4173 Elledge Lane Muscle Shoals, AL 55 and Older Affordable Housing New Beautiful 2 bedrooms,1 bath Come by for a tour 205-310-3831

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DOGWOOD TERRACE APARTMENTS

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3005 Lisa Lane Decatur SE 3bdrm /2.5 ba One level upgraded quartz and more $414,900 Standard Features or Pick a plan, make it your own.

Pre-Sales welcome.

Pam Marthaler 256-565-3299 For more info text 2F6P3 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 3007 Lisa Lane Decatur SE 4 bdrm/2.5 ba Two Story. Upgraded quartz $429,999 Standard features or Pick a plan, make it your own.

Pam Marthaler 256-565-3299 For more info text 1E4UR to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 3011 HENRY RD DECATUR SE Open floor plan, 3 bdrm. 3 ba. Bonus room. Prime location. MLS#21848519| $389,900 Mary Ann Scott maryann@maryannsteam.com 256-2272456 For more into text 06FBB to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 3014 Joseph Drive Decatur SE 4 bdrm., 4.5 ba., Two Story. Bonus Room $429,000 Standard Features or Pick a plan, Make it your own.

Pam Marthaler 256-565-3299 For more info text L0QI7 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 622 JOHNSTON STREET DECATUR SE Updated historic home. 4 bdrm., 2.5 ba.

Main level primary. Flex space.

MLS#21851877 | $279,900 Mary Ann Scott 256-227-2456 maryann@ maryannsteam.com For more info text 2RR39 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

Homes For Sale- Decatur/SW

FLORENCE 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, Central Heat/Air, $600 month plus deposit 256-7643986 Houses For Rent

FLORENCE HOUSE FOR RENT: 2 bdrm., 2 ba., $800 month + deposit.

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Real Estate Homes For Sale- Morgan County 141 SUMMERFORD-ORR ROAD FALKVILLE One owner-well maintained. Sunroom. 3 bdrms, 2 ba. Eat in Kitchen, with Dining Room. Large backyard MLS#21847347 | $199,900 Bonnie Mink 256-566-3580 mbmink54@gmail.com for more info text 0OMS9 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 3269 E HWY 55 4 br 3 ba Completely remodeled. 7.3 acre, 1 acre pond. Large master bdrm/ba (Unfinished).Three car garage with unfinished storage above garage. Small house on property will be removed. 35 mins from HSV. MLS# 21841674 | $599,000 Mike Tarpley 256-656-2060 or 256-3841590 For more info text FV61W to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

Homes For Sale- Hartselle 1302 CROWN POINT DR Hartselle Beautiful 5 bed 3 ba.

MLS# 21842298 $439,000 Mike Tarpley 256-656-2060 matarpley@yahoo.com For more info text 8EA3H to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

2706 HARLEY CR DECATUR SW City View Estates •4 bdrm, 3.5 ba •Open concept, natural light •Saferoom, 5 car garage MLS# 21847871 | $599,900 Mary Ann Scott 256-227-2456 maryann@ maryannsteam.com For more info text 7NWU0 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 2809 LEXINGTON AVE DECATUR SW Charming and convenient •3 bd | 2 ba •spacious layout •fenced backyard MLS# 21848782 | $285,000 Mary Ann Scott 256-227-2456 maryann@maryannsteam.com For more info text 24W1O to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 2903 WOOD HOLLOW TRAIL DECATUR SE 3 bdrms, 3 ba, Vaulted, expansive ceilings Beautiful balcony •MLS# 21851363 | $649,900 Ellen Bean 245-345-7022 ellenbeanhomes @gmail.com For more info text 0OM9T to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 52 CREEK MEADOW DRIVE Decatur SW Home located on private pond with in law house. 3 bdrms, 2 ba. completely updated.

In law/pool house with gourmet kitchen. In ground pool, 4 car garage.

MLS# 21845617 | $729,900 Teri Harriman 256-227-6004 buywithteri@gmail.com For more info text 69E25 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 57 MADISON LANE DECATUR SW Custom built brick home. Near Publics and I-65. 3 bdrm. 2.5 ba. Wood floor. 9 ft ceilings MLS#31852260 | $347,900 Terry Taylor 256-227-4456 terry@tataylor.com For more info text 048ZC to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

390 FOREST CHAPEL RD HARTSELLE Beautiful 5 bdrm., 2 story Colonial home.

Sits on five acres which joins TVA land.

MLS# 21844494 | $539,000 Mike Tarpley 256-656-2060 matarpley@yahoo.com for more info text LFL58 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

99 CHURCHILL TERRACE DECATUR SW 5 bdrms., 3 ba • Custom home in Cul De Sac • Double Garage •Ample Storage • Covered back porch • Detached storage building • Granite countertops • MLS# 21849064 | $435,000 Leighann Turner 256-303-1519 For more info text 44O5E to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

Homes For Sale- Decatur/SE

Homes For Sale- Huntsville

1410 14TH AVE DECATUR SE Fresh updates. New roof 2021, new kitchen appliances, Detached double garage, workshop, fireplace. 4 bdrm, 3 ba.

MLS# 21848471 | $299,000 Kim Hallmark 256-227-1923 kim@kimhallmark.com For more into text 2K4AF to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

49 MAPLE GROVE BLVD HUNTSVILLE 4 bdrms. 3 ba. 2,666 sq. ft., corner lot in Lake Forest subdivision. Community pool, tennis court, lake, clubhouse, and playground.

MLS#21851666 | $449,000 Stephanie Jones 256-466-3392 slj1770@yahoo.com For more info text 2X52I to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

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Townhouses & Condos 2116 EASTBROOK DR DECATUR SE Park place •3 bd | 2.5 ba •Main floor master •hardwoods in living and dining • MLS # 21849071 | $229,900 Terry Taylor 256-227-4465 terry@tataylor.com For more info text ST925 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

Acreage, Farms, & Lots 1714 PARKER RD HARTSELLE Great location in to build •1/2 ac lot 2• MLS# 1841840 | $29,900 Teri Harriman 256-227-6004 buywithteri@gmail.com For more info text 4J40D to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 4225 HWY 55 EVA 3 bdrm, 2 ba home and farm on 30 acres.

Sunroom. Detached 2 car garage. Barn.

Portable carport. Dog run. Pecan, apple and peach trees. Gazebo. Stock pond.

MLS# 21842230 | $640,000 Mike Tarpley 256-656-2060 matarpley@yahoo.com for more info text E5YH6 to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 CITY VIEW ESTATES DECATUR Looking for a lot to build your dream home?

Welcome to City View Estates! Only two lots remaining. Planned community, community pools, community tennis courts, clubhouse, playground.

For more information, or to choose your lot call Mary Ann 256-227-2456 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 COUNTY ROAD 189 MOULTON 20 Acres. Spectacular views. Distant mountain - blue sky. Unrestricted wooded acres. MLS# 21843776 | $205,000 Bonnie Mink 256-566-3680 mbminks@gmail.com For more info text 7NV5N to 27414 SIERRA DR DECATUR SW 20+ acres. Perfect for development or private estate. Utilities at property. Bring your horses!

MLS# 1828120 | $489,000 Dianne Russell 256-652-8254 diannerussell70 @gmail.com For more into text 28F5D to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590 TRACT 3 SUMMERFORD-ORR RD DECATUR SE Beautiful building lot just waiting for your custom-built home. Beauty of country living 5 minutes from I-65!

MLS # 21844893 | 89,900 Kay Saint 256-318-2293 kayrsaint@gmail.com For more info text TG22E to 27414 REMAX Platinum 256-384-1590

Merchandise Consignment Sales

TRI STAR AUTO AUCTIONS Cars available for sale. 9 cars UNDER $3,000! 12 cars UNDER $4,000! and Other cars available.

Located at the corner of HWY 72 and CR 61 256-764-5519 See some of our inventory @ Tri Star AAU on Facebook TRI STAR AUTO AUCTIONS Cars available for sale. 9 cars UNDER $3,000! 12 cars UNDER $4,000, and Other cars available.

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Jewelry & Watches

HALO STYLE ENGAGEMENT RING (Size 5) with Princess cut Black Diamond center stone, 1.3ct with 30-.01 ct each round brilliant cut diamonds as accent, Sl 1 Clarity, G color, approx. .34 TW. And 14k Yellow Gold Diamond Ring guard with 2-.10 ct Trillion cut Diamonds, 4-.02 ct each straight baguette diamonds and 12-.025 ct each round brilliant cut diamonds, approx .46 ct TW. Recently appraised at $6,350.00, paperwork included. Payment accepted as certified check ONLY. Will meet at Decatur Police Department for sale.

Purchased less than a year ago. Price is negotiable.

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Lawn & Garden

WE BUY RIDING MOWERS, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Kubota, Craftsman, etc, Running or Not. 256-275-2276 WE BUY RIDING MOWERS, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Kubota, Craftsman, etc, Running or Not. 256-275-2276 WE BUY RIDING MOWERS, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Kubota, Craftsman, etc, Running or Not. 256-275-2276 WE BUY RIDING MOWERS, John Deere, Cub Cadet, Kubota, Craftsman, etc, Running or Not. 256-275-2276 Livestock/ Poultry/Supplies 17 MONTH OLD REGISTERED ANGUS BULLS 256-762-5700

Pets/Supplies/ Services

AKC BOXER PUPPIES, 8 weeks old, ready to go, vet checked, $700-$900, Call 256-616-7596 Hartselle AKC WESTIES 12 WEEKS OLD, 3 sets of shots, vet checked, male and female 256366-6666

BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES 6 weeks, pure bred, $150. 256-476-5544 Danville CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, REGISTERED AND full blooded; females, $735, males, $630. Call Ralph 256-303-2406. We deliver!

F1B STANDARD GOLDENDOODLES READY for their forever homes! These would make great family pets! Contact 1-256-8606364 FRENCH BULLDOG PUPPIES. For more information call or text 931-332-6276 GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES F1B Registered Up-to-date shots, vet checked, $500 256247-1647 Anderson SHI-CHON PUPPIES Beautiful Colors, Shots and Wormed, The Sweetest! Ready for your Home! $400 270-849-7401

Recreation Campers, RV’s & Accessories

I BUY CAMPERS TRAILERS & MOTOR HOMES All Types, Ready to go, or if they need work, for $FAST CASH$

Call Lawrence 931-242-3135 Local number

FIREWOOD FOR SALE! All Hardwood, cured, split, dry stored, 16 to 18 inches long. You Haul $80 per truckload 256-7620696.

I BUY CLASSIC CARS

No matter your location, I’ll come to you. Call Lawrence 931-2423135 Local Number

Home Health Supplies

TWO PRIDE MOBILITY SCOOTERS, comes apart to transport, Call for more information, 352453-9322 Shoals area.

Transportation Motorcycles/ ATVs/Go Carts

Miscellaneous ALABAMA CRACK MAN “William James Greenlee III” Extra Mile Brick (ALL MASONRY REPAIR) •Fireplace •Chimney •Firebox •Cracked Walls •Loose Brick •Driveway Cracks •Steps •Firebox •Tuck Pointing •Cracked Brick •Stucco •Stone Work •Concrete •Historic Restoration 82 AIRBORNE INFANTRY Combat Veteran 256-797-5281

2017 HONDA RANCHER 4X4, $4,000. Call 256-762-0560 Auto Parts & Service

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE! Junk batteries, $5 each. Ranger Battery Co. 426 Royal Avenue.

256-766-0473 Autos For Sale

2013 FORD TAURUS Loaded, with everything. Excellent condition inside and out. A bargain at $7000 obo 256-702-6210 Leighton

I BUY JUNK CARS, trucks, vans and repairable vehicles.

Call Mike 256-702-8400 VINTAGE BUDDY “L” STEEL Aerial Firetruck 1925 $450; Buddy “L” Steam Roller 1923 $200; Buddy “L” Excavator 1920 $300; Texaco AMF Mac Fire Engine 1962 $225; Chevy Car Cassette Player 1957 $50.

Call 256-768-0509

BUICK: LUCERNE, 2006 $10,950. CXL, one owner, only 77K miles, pearl white with tan heated leather, full power, 3800 V6 Engine, alloy wheels with new tires, just serviced, outstanding condition! 256-527-2125 FORD: FUSION SEL, 2012 $9,950. V6 Leather, Sunroof, rearview camera, alloy wheels with new tires, just serviced excellent condition 256-527-2125 HONDA: ACCORD, 2012 $11,950. LX One owner Four door. White… tan interior.

Just serviced. Excellent condition Call 256527-2125 NISSAN: ALTIMA SR, 2016 $13,950.

Only 87k miles, pearl white, full power, alloy wheels, rearview camera, just serviced 256-527-2125

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Junk Batteries $5.00 each Ranger Battery Co. 426 S. Royal Ave., Florence, AL 256-766-0473 Sport Utility Vehicles 2018 GMC TERRAIN SUV, one owner, heated seats, navigation, power hatch, remote start, white with black interior, trailer, hitch. 2.0 turbo engine, always garaged, Asking $19,000 256-394-4462

2019 VOLKSWAGEN: TIGUAN $19,900 Black, new tires and brakes. 63,000 miles. 256-810-3789

HONDA: CR-V EX, 2014 $18,450. Only 59k miles, sunroof, full power, rearview camera, just serviced including new tires and brakes, extra clean 256-527-2125

JEEP: GRAND CHEROKEE, 2014 $10,200, 2x4, two owners, heavily optioned, Wi-Fi, tow package, gold & tan, excellent condition, clean CarFax, 183,000 miles, Call 256-7627138 Florence Trucks

2022 FORD

MAVERICK XLT Black 20,000 miles Boost Engine LIKE NEW! $26,900 258-810-3789 CHEVROLET: SILVERADO, 2003 $6,900 Nice! leather, near new tires/brakes, bedliner 156k miles V8 pewter, black interior 256-702-7070

WRECKER; CHEVY 3/4 TON, 1992, paid $1,600 will take $1,500, Also Wrecker Unit $1,500.

Call 256-349-3780 Florence Vans/Buses DODGE: GRAND CARAVAN SE, 2017 $16,950. 1 Owner, only 54k miles, full power, Rear entertainment, just serviced including new breaks, Outstanding condition 256-527-2125

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Announcements Public Notice ABANDONED VEHICLES

THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE/ VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD BY BID AT DIRTY SOUTH TOWING: 2203 HWY 31 NW HARTSELLE, AL 35640.

DIRTY SOUTH TOWING HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY AND ALL BIDS. Friday, April 5th, 2024, AT 12PM

2003 Acura MDX VIN# 2HNYD18823H539611 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer

VIN# 1GNDT13S442194142 2004 Saturn Vue VIN# 5GZCZ53444S889571 2005 Honda Accord VIN# 1HGCM56775A027976 2015 Jeep Renegade VIN# ZACCJBCT9FPC11101 2014 Ford Focus VIN# 1FADP3F29EL440074 1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ VIN# 1J4FY19S9VP481307 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 584248 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Exclusive emerency and non-emergency ambulance service dispatch MORGAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION DISTRICT Morgan County Emergency Management Communication District (MCEMCD) is seeking bids for Exclusive Emergency and Non-Emergency Ambulance Service Dispatch within the Unincorporated Area of Morgan County, within the Cities of Hartselle and Priceville, and the Towns of Eva, Falkville, Priceville, and Somerville in Morgan County, Alabama, for a period of three years. The contract will be awarded by sealed bid. The bids must be received at MCEMCD at 4216 Highway 31 S, Decatur, AL 35603 no later than Friday, March 29, 2024 at 4:00 P.M. CDT. The bids will be opened at MCEMCD Monday, April 1, 2024, at 8:00 A.M. CDT. Bidders will be permitted to provide an in person presentation to the MCEMCD board of fifteen (15) minutes or less at 8:00 a.m. on April 18th, 2024. Bidders will be notified of the location of the meeting prior to April 18th, 2024. The Invitation to Bid can be obtained from the Morgan County Emergency Management Communications District, 4216 Highway 31 S, Decatur, Alabama 35603; telephone 256-552-0911; email bids@morgan911.org.

02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 584144 AUCTION The following abandoned vehicles will be sold by public auction at 8:00 AM on March 27th, 2024, at 1701 HWY 31 SW, Hartselle, Al 35640.

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02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 583463 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA Civil Action No. 52-CV-2024-000002.00 FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC., Plaintiff. vs.

RICHARD RAMEY, KIMBERLY JANET DOBBSRAMEY, CHARLES CARTER, JAMES P. JENNININGS HAL B. ENSOR III JENNIFER TICE, DENISE PILKINGTON, LOT 56 BLK 1 MEADOW LARK ACRES, and DEFENDANTS B., C., D., E., F., and all other persons claiming any present, future, contingent, remainder, reversion, or other interest in said lands, Defendants.

LEGAL NOTICE Take notice that Bill to Quiet Title has been filed by FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC against RICHARD RAMEY, KIMBERLY RAMEY, JAMES P. JENNINGS, CHARLES CARTER, HAL B. ENSOR III, DENISE PILKINGTON, JENNIFER TICE, LOT 56 BLK 1 MEADOW LARK ACRES, and DEFENDANTS B., C., D., E., F., whose address is unknown and all other persons claiming any present, future, contingent, remainder, reversion, or other interest in said lands, and against the following described real estate lying and being in LOT 56 BLK 1 MEADOW LARK ACRES, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35603, Morgan County, Alabama, to-wit: LOT 56, BLK 1, MEADOW LARK ACRES, according to plat on file in Morgan County Probate Office in Book 5 at Page 76, Morgan County, Alabama.

And against any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, lien or encumbrance on said lands or any part thereof. Said Bill is to establish the right of title to said lands and clear up all disputes concerning the same.

Plaintiff claims title to said land in that it took possession of the subject property on March 17, 2004; that it has been in actual, open and notorious possession and or constructive possession of said land and paid all ad valorem taxes on said lands. All persons having any interest in said lands or claiming any title thereto or any encumbrance or lien thereon must answer said Bill on or before March 22, 2024 or a judgment by default may be rendered against them in Case No. 52-CV-2024-000002.00 in the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama.

Done this the 25th day of January, 2024. /s/ Chris Priest Circuit Clerk 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 2024

February 21, 2024 Hartselle enquirer B-5 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: CV24-900050.00 STATE OF ALABAMA, ON THE RELATION OF JOSEPH W. LEWIS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ALABAMA, PLAINTIFF, VS. CHRISTOPHER RICKS, THREE-THOUSAND SIX-HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,656.00) IN LAWFUL UNITED STATES CURRENCY; ONE HI POINT MODEL C 9MM (S/N 037109) DEFENDANTS IN REM. NOTICE OF SEIZURE, TO FILE CLAIMS AND HEARING DATE Notice is hereby given that the State of Alabama has filed its complaint against Christopher Ricks and the above-described property alleging that said property has been seized by and was/will be in the custody of the Morgan County Drug Enforcement Unit until such time as it is/was turned over for deposit to the Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk, Chris Priest, on account of its use or intended use in the purchase and/or sale of drugs and narcotics; and praying that said property be forfeited to the State of Alabama.

Any person claiming any right, title, interest or claim in and to said property is required to propound on his and/or her claim in said Circuit Court by April 24, 2024, or the same will be barred.

All persons concerned are hereby notified that by order of the said court this cause, together with any and all claims which may be filed therein in said court, are set down for oral hearing, to be heard before Honorable Stephen F. Brown, Judge of said court on November 4, 2024 at 9:00 A.M., at the Courthouse of Morgan County, Alabama.

Done this the 15th day of February, 2024. /s/ Chris Priest Circuit Court Clerk 02/21/24 ADID 583949 Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama Provides Notice of Security Incident (Alabama) (February 16, 2024) – The Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, Inc. confirmed today that it experienced a data incident in December 2023 and will issue notices to affected individuals and relevant state and federal agencies about the incident.

On December 19, 2023, the Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, Inc. (the “Mental Health Center” or “We”) discovered suspicious activity related to its computer systems that disrupted normal business operations (the “Incident”). The Mental Health Center immediately began an investigation and took steps to contain and remediate the situation, including implementing endpoint detection and response monitoring, notifying federal law enforcement, and engaging cybersecurity and privacy professionals to assist.

The Mental Health Center team has been working diligently to continue its investigation, add further technical safeguards to our existing protections, and bring systems back online as quickly and securely as possible.

Due to the nature of the Incident, the investigation is still ongoing into what data pertaining to individuals was affected. Currently, the investigation has found evidence that for a brief amount of time in December 2023, unauthorized actors accessed some Mental Health Center systems.

Based on our investigation findings to date, we believe the following types of information may have been affected: name, address, birth date, admission date, discharge date, death date, medical record number, provider or facility name, medical condition, diagnosis and/or treatment information, lab results, medications, payment amount history information, insurance payment amount information, date of service, Social Security number, financial account information, credit card number, medical information, health insurance information, driver’s license or state identification number, and any information on an individual that was created, used, or disclosed in the course of providing health care services. These are general categories of information that we believe may be present within the affected systems and may have been accessed by the unauthorized actor during the incident. However, specific individuals and the extent of the information accessed are not yet known. Because our investigation is ongoing, we are providing notice to all individuals who may potentially be affected by this situation.

As our investigation continues, we encourage individuals who may be potentially impacted to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud. We encourage a cautious review of account statements and explanation of benefits forms for suspicious activity. Additional monitoring can be conducted by checking free credit reports for suspicious activity and errors.

Under U.S. law, individuals are entitled to one (1) free credit report annually from each of the three (3) major credit reporting bureaus. Additional information and resources are outlined below.

Equifax https://www.equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/ 1-888-298-0045 Fraud Alert, P.O. Box 105069 Atlanta, GA 30348-5069 Equifax Credit Freeze, P.O. Box

105788 Atlanta, GA 30348-5788 Experian https://www.experian.com/help/ 1-888-397-3742 Experian Fraud Alert, P.O. Box 9554, Allen, TX 75013 Experian Credit Freeze, P.O. Box 9554, Allen, TX 75013 TransUnion https://www.transunion.com/cre dit-help 1-833-395-6938 TransUnion Fraud Alert, P.O. Box 2000, Chester, PA 19016 TransUnion Credit Freeze, P.O. Box 160, Woodlyn, PA 19094 Moreover, information regarding identity theft, fraud alerts, security freezes, and the steps an individual can take to protect personal information may be obtained by contacting the consumer reporting agencies, the Federal Trade Commission, or the appropriate state Attorney General. The Federal Trade Commission can be reached at: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580; www.identitytheft.gov; 1-877-IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338); and TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The Federal Trade Commission also encourages those who discover that their information has been misused to file a complaint with them. Individuals can obtain further information on how to file such a complaint by calling 1877-438-4338. Individuals should file a police report if they are a victim of identity theft or fraud. To file a report with law enforcement for identity theft, an individual will likely need to provide some proof that they have been a victim.

If you have questions for the Mental Health Center, you can contact us at 1-800-365-6008 or by mail at 1316 Somerville Rd., SE Ste. #1, Decatur, Alabama 35601.

02/21/24 ADID 584133 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ANNE S. FOWLER AKA ANNE SLUSSER FOWLER, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 2ND day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

BRIAN S. FOWLER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582572 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ELNORA TERRY FRANKS, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 15th day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

GERALD FRANKS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/21/24, 02/28/24, 03/06/24 ADID 583971 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF WANDA FAYE HALEY, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 15TH day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

MARSHALL HALL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/21/2024 02/28/2024 03/06/2024 ADID 583972 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF JOHN HOWARD WILLIS , PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1ST day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

COMFORT SUSAN BRASHER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582215 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF RUSSELL EUGENE LEE, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 16TH day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said es-

tate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

STEPHANIE KARA LEE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 2/21/2024 2/28/2024 3/6/2024 ADID 584140 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF PEGGY S KAUFFMAN, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 31st day of January, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

ANN MICHELLE KAUFFMAN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582169 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF HERBERT PAUL GOEHLER JR, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 31st day of January, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

HELEN LEE GOEHLER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582053 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN JOHNSON AKA CHRISTOPHER S. JOHNSON, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 29TH day of January 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

THERESA STOCKTON JOHNSON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 581846 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF JARVIS FELIX TERRY, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of January 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JOSHUA TERRY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 581636 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF TAMMIE R. JOHNSON AKA TAMMY RENA JOHNSON, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 29TH day of January 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

WANDA MANNING PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 581478

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF NANCY LOUISE STRACK AKA NANCY G. STRACK, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 22ND day of January 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

SHANNON MARIE SIMPSON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 581452 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ROY LEE MCDANIEL, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

CORETTA MCDANIEL GOODLOE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583401 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF BRIAN NELSON DUTTON, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

BETHANY MAHLON DUTTON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583400 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF PHILLIP DALE WALDREP, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JEANNIE BYRD WALDREP PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583399 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF DOROTHY F. SUMMERFORD AKA DOROTHY J. SUMMERFORD AKA DOROTHY JEANNE SUMMERFORD, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8TH day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JERRY SUMMERFORD JR. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583396 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF IMELDA FISHER, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice

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B-6 Hartselle enquirer February 21, 2024 is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JOSHUA WAYNE FISHER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583395 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF MARY B. MILLER AKA MARY LOUISE MILLER, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

CYNTHIA MILLER CLARK FKA CYNTHIA MILLER MOORE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583356 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF WARREN ALEXANDER GARNER, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JOSEPH ALLEN GARNER PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583353 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ROBERT DEAN WATKINS, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8TH day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JEFF LEMMOND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/2024, 02/21/2024, 02/28/2024 ADID 583238 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ALVIN MILOUS DAILY, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1ST day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

NANCY LYNN DAILY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/14/24, 02/21/24, 02/28/24 ADID 583077 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF BETTY J. WAITS AKA BETTY JEAN WAITS, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 2ND day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

GLENDA DALE BALL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582597

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF CAROLYN SUE MCCULLOCH, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 2ND day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JEFFERY D. MCCULLOCH PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582587 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF JOHN ROBIN THOMAS, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 2ND day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

JANA LYNNE THOMAS AKA JANA LYNN THOMAS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582580 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF SAM PERRY TAYLOR, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 14th day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

GREGORY TAYLOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/21/24, 02/28/24, 03/06/24 ADID 583837 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR (BOX 1054-3) ESTATE OF ELNA JANE LINDSEY AKA JANE JEWELL LINDSEY, PROBATE COURT DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of February, 2024, by the Hon. GREG CAIN, Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County, Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

KENDALL E. LINDSEY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ESTATE OF SAID DECEASED 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 582327 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated February 23, 2001, executed by Brian Q Kirby, Jr. and wife Cynthia J Kirby, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation DBA ditech.com, which mortgage was recorded on March 7, 2001, in Mortgage Book 2001, Page 9642, of the mortgage records in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Morgan County, Alabama, and which mortgage was duly transferred and assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust as Trustee for PNPMS Trust I, notice is hereby given that pursuant to law and the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Main entrance to the Morgan County Courthouse at Decatur, Alabama, during the legal hours of sale on March 14, 2024, the following described real estate, situated in Morgan County, Alabama, to-wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CITY OF LACEY`S SPRING, MORGAN COUNTY, STATE OF ALABAMA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK G #

www.hartselleenquirer.com 1202, PAGE 473, ID# 52-09-0112-0-006-016-002, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 18, BLOCK 6, DOGWOOD VALLEY THIRD ADDITION, FILED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 24 & 25.

BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM JULIUS JORDAN AND WIFE VIRGINIA EVELYN BEEBE KORGAN AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 1202 PAGE 473 DATED 12/18/1986 AND RECORDED 12/23/1986, MORGAN COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF ALABAMA This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage as well as expenses of foreclosure. This property will be sold on an “as is, where is” basis, subject to any easements, encumbrances, and exceptions reflected in the mortgage and those contained in the records of the office of the Judge of Probate of the County where the above-described property is situated. This property will be sold without warranty or recourse, expressed or implied as to condition, title, use and/or enjoyment and will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process.

An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

The successful bidder must tender full funds at the conclusion of the sale in the form of a certified check made payable or endorsed to Padgett Law Group.

No personal checks will be accepted. To this end you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded. Padgett Law Group reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidders should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust as Trustee for PNPMS Trust I Transferee Robert J. Wermuth/jmm Padgett Law Group 4245 Balmoral Drive SW, Suite 101 Huntsville, AL 35801 Attorney for Mortgagee February 7, 2024, February 14, 2024, February 21, 2024 ADID 581832 NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION In the matter of the marriage of Amanda Michelle Harder v.

Jamie Cole Johnson, 52-Dr2024-900011.00 NOTICE TO JAMIE COLE JOHNSON, WHOSE ADDRESS IS UNKNOWN. You will take notice that a complaint for divorce was filed on the 25th day of January 2024. Please be advised that should you intend to contest this divorce, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days of the date of the last publication herein with (Kenneth R. Widner Esq. P.O. Box 359 Eva, Alabama 35621) and with the Circuit Court Clerk of Morgan County, Alabama, 302 Lee Street, P.O. Box 668, Decatur AL. 35602.

Feb. 14, 21, 28, Mar. 6, 2024 ADID 583461 Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. STPSU-5221(251) MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on February 23, 2024 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the MicroMilling, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe on Bethel Road from the junction of Lynnwood Circle to the junction of Kimberly Street (Site 1); on Cave Springs Road from the intersection of Bethel Road to the junction of Sunset Acres Avenue (Site 2); and on Skidmore Road from the junction of SR-67 to the junction of Cave Springs Road (Site 3) in Priceville. Length 5.071 mi.

The total amount of uncompleted work under contract to a contractor must not exceed the amount of his or her qualification certificate.

The Entire Project Shall Be Completed In Forty (40) Working Days. A 1.50% DBE Contract Obligation Is Required.

A Bidding Proposal may be purchased for $5.00. Plans may be purchased for $3.00 per set.

Plans and Proposals are available at the Alabama Department of Transportation, 1409 Coliseum Boulevard, Room E-108, C

Montgomery, AL 36110. Checks should be made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation. Plans and Proposals will be mailed only upon receipt of remittance. No refunds will be made.

Minimum wage rates for this project have been pre-determined by the Secretary of Labor and are set forth in the advertised specifications. This project is subject to the contract work hours and Safety Standards Act and its implementing regulations.

Cashier’s check or bid bond for 5% of bid (maximum $50,000.00) made payable to the Alabama Department of Transportation must accompany each bid as evidence of good faith.

The bracket range is shown only to provide general financial information to contractors and bonding companies concerning the project’s complexity and size. This Bracket should not be used in preparing a bid, nor will this bracket have any bearing on the decision to award this contract.

The Bracket Estimate On This Project Is From $1,339,730 To $1,637,447 .

The proposed work shall be performed in conformity with the rules and regulations for carrying out the Federal Highway Act. Plans and Specifications are on file in Room E-108 of the Alabama Department of Transportation at Montgomery, Alabama 36110.

In accordance with the rules and regulations of The Alabama Department of Transportation, proposals will be issued only to prequalified contractors or their authorized representatives, upon requests that are received before 10 AM., on the day previous to the day of opening of bids.

The bidder’s proposal must be submitted on the complete original proposal furnished him or her by the Alabama Department of Transportation.

The Alabama Department of Transportation, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000D TO 2000D-4 and Title 49 code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office of The Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.

JOHN R. COOPER Transportation Director 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 581646 CLASSIFIEDS GETS RESULTS!

STATE OF ALABAMA IN THE PROBATE COURT MORGAN COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF TIMOTHY L. CHANEY FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT ON THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ELMER HAL CHANEY, DECEASED. TO:Judy Stiles 1523 Childers Road, Eva, AL 35621 James Robert Chaney, Whereabouts Unknown, Bonnie Beindit, Whereabouts Unknown, Michelle Hill, Whereabouts Unknown, Mark Wylie, Whereabouts Unknown, Savannah Chaney, Whereabouts Unknown, and Adrania Chaney, Whereabouts Unknown ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN, IF ANY THERE BE, WHETHER THEY BE MINORS OR PERSON OF UNSOUND MIND. YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that on January 4, 2024 TIMOTHY L. CHANEY, presented to the Court a Petition for Final Settlement of the Estate and also filed therewith his petition, in writing, praying for order of the Court of hear the Final Settlement of the Estate of ELMER HAL CHANEY, DECEASED, and that the 11th day of March, 2024 at 11:00 O’clock A.M, is appointed as a day and time for hearing said petition, at which time you can appear and contest, if you see proper.

Given under my hand this the 22nd day of January 2024. /s/ Greg Cain Judge of Probate 01/31/24, 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 580646

STATE OF ALABAMA MORGAN COUNTY PROBATE COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF SKYLA JADE MOORE, MINOR, BY ZACKARY JACOB MCMULLEN EAKES NOTICE TO: UNKNOWN FATHERS, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN You will take notice that ZACKARY JACOB MCMULLEN EAKES, filed their petition on December 28, 2023, to adopt SKYLA JADE MOORE, a minor, alleging that the said unknown fathers, whereabouts unknown have abandoned said minors.

Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days hereof with the attorney for the Petitioner, whose name and address is shown below and with the Clerk of said Probate Court.

Done this the 25th day of January 2024.

Judge of Probate /s/ Hon. Greg Cain Office of the Judge of Probate Morgan County Courthouse Decatur, Alabama 35602 Attorney for Petitioners: Hon. Patrick Caver 1210 Highway 31 NW Suite E Hartselle, AL 35640 (256)-751-5991 01/31/24, 02/07/24, 02/14/24, 02/21/24 ADID 580988 STATE OF ALABAMA

PROCLAMATION

BY THE GOVERNOR WHEREAS the Alabama Legislature at its 2023 Second Special Session enacted Act No. 2023-562 (SB3), proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022; WHEREAS, in conformity with Section 284 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended, the Legislature has ordered an election by the qualified electors of the state upon such proposed amendment; and WHEREAS notice of this election, together with the proposed amendment, is required by law to be given by proclamation of the Governor, which shall be published once a week for at least four successive weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the election; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby give notice, direct, and proclaim that on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of 2022 of the State of Alabama: AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO. 2023-562 “Section 71.01 (A) The following words and phrases, whenever used in this amendment, shall have the following respective meanings: “Basic Appropriations” means, with respect to any regular session of the legislature, such appropriations as the legislature may deem appropriate for the expenditures by the state during the ensuing budget period for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments branches of the state, for payment of the public debt, and for education (excluding, however, any item within the scope of the foregoing that is at the time provided for by a continuing appropriation or otherwise).

“Budget Period” means a fiscal year of the state or such period other than [a] a fiscal year as may hereafter be fixed by law as the period with respect to which state budgets are prepared and state appropriations are made.

(B) On or before the second legislative day of each regular session of the legislature, beginning with the first reg ular session after January 1, 1983, the governor shall transmit to the legislature for its consideration a proposed budget for the then next ensuing budget period.

(C) The duty of the legislature at any regular session to make the basic appropriations for any budget period that will commence before the first day of any succeeding regular session shall be paramount;

and, accordingly, beginning with the first regular session held after January 1, 1983, no bill (other than a bill making any of the basic appropriations) shall be signed by either the presiding officer of the house or senate and transmitted to the other house until bills making the basic appropriations for the then ensuing budget period shall have been signed by the presiding officer of each house of the legislature in accordance with Section 66 of this Constitution and presented to the governor in accordance with Section 125 of this Constitution; provided, that this paragraph (C) shall not affect the passage of local laws or local constitutional amendments, the adoption of resolutions, or the conduct of any other legislative functions that do not require a third reading; and provided further, that following adoption, by vote of either house of not less than threefifths of a quorum present, of a resolution declaring that the provisions of this paragraph (C) shall not be applicable in that house to a particular bill, which shall be specified in said resolution by number and title, the bill so specified may proceed to final passage therein.

(D) Upon the signing and presentation to the governor in accordance with the said Sections 66 and 125 of bills making the basic appropriations, the provisions of the foregoing paragraph (C) prohibiting the final passage of bills in the house and senate (other than bills making any part of the basic appropriations) shall cease to be effective and shall not be revived or become again effective as a result of (i) the subsequent legislative history of any bill so signed and presented, including any veto, return with executive amendment, or any other action, or failure to act, by either the governor or the legislature under the provisions of the said Section 125; or (ii) a determination, by either judicial decree or opinion of the justices of the Alabama Supreme Court, that any bill so signed and presented is wholly or in part invalid.

(E) The legislature may, by statute or rule, make such further provisions for the timely passage of bills making the basic appropriations as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution.

(F) Nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring the legislature to make any appropriation not otherwise required by this Constitution to be made.

(G) Notwithstanding any provision of this amendment, any resolution authorizing the consideration of a bill proposing a local law adopted before November 8, 2016March 5, 2024, that conformed to the rules of either body of the Legislature at the time it was adopted, is ratified, approved, validated, and confirmed, and the application of any such resolution is effective from the date of original adoption.”

FURTHER, I proclaim and direct that this proclamation shall be published once a week for the four successive weeks immediately preceding Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in every county as required by law.

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